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Introduction-the Search For A New Social Policy Paradigm: Managing Changing Social Expectations And Welfare Regimes In Transition In Greater China / Ka Ho Mok And Maggie K.w. Lau -- After The Regional And Global Financial Crises: Social Development Challenges And Social Policy Responses In Hong Kong And Macau / Ka Ho Mok And M. Ramesh -- Welfare Restructuring And Social (in)equity Across Generations In Hong Kong / Maggie K.w. Lau -- Economic Insecurity And Social Protection For Labor: The Limitations Of Hong Kong's Adhocism During The Financial Crises / Kim Ming Lee And Kam-yee Law -- Challenges For The Developmental Welfare Regime In Taiwan: From Authoritarianism To Democratic Governance / Yu-fang Chang And Yeun-wen Ku -- Bringing The State Back In: The Development Of Chinese Social Policy In China In The Hu-wen Era / King-lun Ngok -- Asserting The Public In Welfare Provision: A Study Of Resident Evaluation And Expectation Of Social Services In Guangzhou, China / Ka Ho Mok And Genghua Huang -- Social Policy In The Special Administrative Region Of China: A Case Of Regulatory Welfare Regime / Dicky W.l. Lai -- Old-age Care Concerns And State-society Relations In China: Public Anxiety And State Paternalism / Lijun Chen And Dali L. Yang -- Public Private Pension Mix And Its Governance: Japan And Taiwan Compared / Chung-yang Yeh And Shih-jiunn Shi -- Poverty Reduction, Welfare Provision, And Social Security Challenges In China In The Context Of Fiscal Reform And The 12th Five Year Plan / Emile Kok-kheng Yeoh And Susie Yieng-ping Ling -- Conclusion: Analysing The Productivist Dimensions Of Welfare: Looking Beyond The Greater China Region / John Hudson And Stefan Kühner. Edited By Ka Ho Mok And Maggie K. W. Lau. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.